Cartier Pasha Black Dial 18kt Rose Gold Chronograph Men's Watch W3030018

Maurice de Mauriac L1 Watch Designed By Fabian Schwaerzler
Zurich-based watch maker Maurice de Mauriac has just released the new L1 watch designed by the acclaimed (and award-winning) Swiss industrial designer Fabian Schwaerzler. The result is an attractively modern Bauhaus style watch that combines Swiss style with Germanic functionalism - which makes sense given that Zurich is in the German-speaking part of the country.In the future we will investigate what the relationship between Maurice de Mauriac and Fabian Schwaerzler is all about and how they hooked up. Oftentimes, big-name designers end up working with larger brands on special series timepieces with their unique aesthetic stamp. In this situation, Schwaerzler decided to work with a boutique brand, probably because it was a project of passion allowing the two an opportunity to focus on the product versus marketing and less fulfilling commercial matters (well, to artists that is).The L1 watch takes a familiar Maurice de Mauriac style case sized at 39mm wide in steel, and adds a domed AR

rubber blues
recently i acquired an early 18mm omega rubber deployant. it's the butterfly type which has friction latches. it came on rather thin black rubber pieces which have a grey line painted length-wise on.in my naivety, i thought i'd just get an after-market navy blue flat rubber deployant and swap the rubber pieces over. but having searched fairly extensively, i cant find anything in navy blue, or in fact any sort of blue, that's flat. tyre tread, F-1, etc, etc, but nothing flat. it seems the only colour available that's flat is black. this seems rather odd to me given the popularity of blue dialed watches.thoughts anyone?

Thanks guys
As far as an Omega "signature" model: I'm pretty new to Omega myself, I've been a Panerai guy for the last few years, but when I think of Omega the Speedmaster and Seamaster are the staples in my mind. Now that I'm more aware of the brand and have looked more closely, there are just so many models I'd love to have, if only my wallet were as fat as my wish list.I'm on the fence about the mesh bracelet on the SM300. Since taking that pic I have reversed the bracelet so that the flat side of the links are facing in, which makes it slightly less "blingy" IMO. But I do have the original bracelet as well as a nato for it also.

Base model caseback
I would like to put an exhibition case back on my Pam 005, Is this a hard process? Does it void warranty? Where to get a case back?Thanks in advance for any advice,

449 hand color question
I'm looking at Radiomir 449 SE's and see some with the blue hands and others with gold (?) - not blue anyway.Is the difference model years or what? - seems I knew this at one time but can't recall.Thanks for your help!